CDIST-TYPE__UPDATE_ALTERNATIVES(7)

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version 7.0.0 · 8 versions
, in fedora 43, fedora 44

✨ NAME ✨

cdist-type__update_alternatives — bestie, this is the one that configures alternatives for you 💅 (it lives in section 7 of the cdist manual, iykyk)

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so picture this: you're on Debian or a Debian-adjacent system, and you've got like five different programs all fighting over the same command name. The way you sort that out is with update-alternatives(1) — it sets up alternatives for alllll kinds of programs 🦋

And the target literally everyone and their mom reaches for? The "editor". iconic. classic. no notes. ✨

🎀 REQUIRED PARAMETERS 🎀

like, you genuinely cannot skip this one, it's giving mandatory fr fr

  • path — use this path for the given alternative 👑

💖 BOOLEAN PARAMETERS 💖

these ones are just vibes — on or off, yes or no, slay or nay 🌈

  • install — adds a missing path to the alternatives by running update-alternatives --install 🫶

💅 EXAMPLES 💅

setting up vim as your default editor, the moment of main character energy:

# Setup vim as the default editor
__update_alternatives editor --path /usr/bin/vim.basic

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read these next, they're part of the lore:

💜 AUTHORS 💜

shoutout to the devs who built this, absolute legends:

  • Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org>
  • Ander Punnar <ander@kvlt.ee>

📜 COPYING 📜

Copyright (C) 2013 Nico Schottelius and 2020 Ander Punnar. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. so yes bestie, share it, remix it, just keep the license 🫶

ungleich GmbH 2021

and that's the whole page, babe 💖 this was 7.0.0, dated Jul 31, 2021, and it came straight from the cdist fam. go forth and configure your alternatives ✨💅🎀

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